Research
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Black Business Owners See Obstacles to Growth in Texas, Report Says
The number of black-owned businesses in Texas is growing, but the firms remain small in comparison to other Texas businesses, and their owners perceive significant barriers to growth and profitability, according to a new report from the Bureau of Business Research at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Media Advisory: Report Will Address State of Black-Owned Businesses in Texas
EVENT: State Sen. Royce West and University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers will join researchers from The University of Texas at Austin as they issue a report, prepared in collaboration with the Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce, on the state of black-owned businesses in Texas. The event is open to…
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Abbott Maintains Lead Over Davis in Latest UT/Texas Tribune Poll
Attorney General Greg Abbott continues to hold an edge over gubernatorial challenger state Sen. Wendy Davis in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, with Republicans maintaining double-digit advantages in other major races.
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Researchers Find Major West Antarctic Glacier Melting from Geothermal Sources
Thwaites Glacier, the large, rapidly changing outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is not only being eroded by the ocean, it’s being melted from below by geothermal heat, researchers at the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin (UTIG) report in the current edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy…
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Tower Shines May 31 For McCombs National Champions
The Tower shines orange Saturday, May 31 for two McCombs student teams, reQwip and Prepify, who won national championships.
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UT Engineer Named Dean of Cockrell School
Sharon L. Wood has been named the ninth dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
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$2.4 Million Grant Expands UT Austin’s Freshman Research Initiative
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded a $2.4 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to expand its Freshman Research Initiative, a program that gives students the opportunity to take part in advanced research projects early in their academic careers. The grant is one of 37 that HHMI is awarding to U.S.…
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Variety in Diet Can Hamper Microbial Diversity in the Gut
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its gut. If the effect is confirmed in humans, it could mean that the combinations of foods people eat can influence the diversity of…
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The Food Lab Offers $30,000 in Prizes for Food System Innovation
AUSTIN, Texas Do you have an idea for a business, a product or a process that will change the way the world feeds itself? If so, consider submitting your business plan to The Food Lab Challenge, an early-stage startup competition launching June 1. Entrants will compete for $30,000 in prizes to launch their business ventures.
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Engineers Build World’s Smallest, Fastest Nanomotor
AUSTIN, Texas Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and longest-running tiny synthetic motor to date. The team’s nanomotor is an important step toward developing miniature machines that could one day move through the body to administer insulin for diabetics when needed, or…
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ConocoPhillips Donates More Than $1 Million to The University of Texas at Austin
ConocoPhillips continued its commitment to funding higher education at The University of Texas at Austin yesterday with a contribution of $1.185 million.
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Genetic Study Confirms Link between Earliest Americans and Modern Native Americans
The ancient remains of a teenage girl found in an underwater Mexican cave establish a definitive link between the earliest Americans and modern Native Americans, according to a new study released today in the journal Science.
